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VOL. XXII.—NO. 361.
MTTLE AT SUBIfi
•"ILIPIXOB UNDER GEN. SANTA ANY
SI UPRISES THE VHKUKAX
GARRISON
HASHES HlftßlKD TO SCESE
IXSIRGB-XTS AUK FINALLY RE
PULSED W TIIOIT LOSS TO
AMERICAN FORCES
REINFORCEMENTS GO TORWARD
t ..rnpMiiv of the Forty-Sixth Volun
teer* iiml n Contingent of >la
rinea Sent Front Manila to siii»i:t
— \itiivk Waa Wholly Unexpected,
tiN l( Waa Presumed Thai Section
Waa Kid of liiNiiigoiitx,
MANILA.Dec 27.—Gen. Santa Ana, with
rce of insurgents, estimated at 300,
attacked the garrison of Sublg yesterday.
A body of marines were sent from Olon
papo to reinforce the garrison, and the
Filipinos were driven back, several be
ing killed. There wore no casualties on
American side.
A company of the Forty-Sixth volun
teer infantry, together with a contingent
<•!' marines, have been sent from Manila
to reinforce the Subig garrison still
attack was wholly unexpected, as
It had been thought that there were no
Filipino troops in the vicinity of Sublg.
Extraordinary precautions will be taken
a recurrence of the
FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINES.
Americana Victorious in a Number
of Encounters.
MANILA, Doc. 26.—C01. J. Franklin
Bell, of ihe Thirty-Sixth infantry, en
countered lo'.i Filipinos near Alamlnos,
Province of Zambales, and killed wound
ed or raptured twenty-eight of them. Our
troops also obtained possession of a num
ber of rifles and a quantity of ammuni
tion. One American was wounded.
A detachmer.l of the Thirty-Fourth in
fantry encountered a band of the enemy
Saturday at Araito, Province of New
Viscaya, and routed them, killing two
and wounding or capturing thirteen. The
Americans also seized a quantity of am
munition.
The Twenty-First regiment attacked a
Filipino out post Sunday near Calamba,
scattering them and killing five of the
enemy.
The Thirty-Second regiment Sunday
had a brush with the enemy in the
mountain* nt>fth of Dinalapuijan. One
American was bounded. The troops cap
tured 125 head of cattle and brought
them to Granki, Bataan province.
In the island of Panay ("apt. Browneli'a
company of the Twenty-Sixth Infantry
fought the enemy near Sa!a. The rebels
lost heavily, and the Americans captured
a number of rifles. The rebels who fled
from Panay to Romblen Island are sur
rendering to the American garrison
from Panay.
The funeral of Maj. Gen. Lawton. wilt
tuke place tomorrow. The remains will
be embarked on the transport Thomas.
PROF. COUES DEAD.
Waa a World-Famed Ornithologist
ttod Scientist.
BALTIMORE; Dec. 26—Prof. Elliott
Coves, of Washington. D. C. the world
famed ornithologist and scientist, died
last night at Johns Hopkins' hospital.
Prof. Coves was one of the most dis
tinguished scientists in the United States.
Born in Portsmouth, N. 11.. in 1842, he
graduated at the Columbian university, in
Washington, In IS6I. He entered the Unit
ed States army as a medical
cadet in 1862, and left it after
n service of many years. He be
came a naturalist of liigh r< pute, and
was an expert In geology, anatomy and
many other sciences. He was connected
with the Smithsonian institute, the I'nited
States geological and geographical sur
veys and was professor >>r biology in the
Virginia agricultural and mechanical col
leg* . He was one of the associate editors
of the Century dictionary a,, ' pub
lications, an orihithologis? of world repu
tation and published many works on that
subject. His versatility as an author was
great, and his works included a number
of scientific subjects. He was a mem
ber of at least fifty foreign and Ameri
can scientific societies. For some years
he was an enthusiastic theoaophlst, a
friend ;<nd coadjutor of Mme. Blavatsky.
After a while he lost his interest 5n
theosophy, but he never ceased to reach
out for theories and dogmas beyond the
average understanding. .No man in the
United States, pi'obabiy, had a wider ac
quaintance with men of thought, the
world over, than Prof. Coves.
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LIVE STOCK CONVENTION.
Official tall for the Gathering nt
Fort Worth. Jan. I<».
DENVER, Col.. Dec. 26.—President John
\V. Springer, of the National i-:\e Stock
association, today issued the official call
Ihe third annual convention of his as
sociation to meet in Fort Worth. 'J\-x.,
on Jan. 16, and continue in session four
days. The convention Will be composed
of delegates representing all of the larg
est live stock associations in the coun
try, all the big stock yards companies,
and many big railroads. Tt is expected
that there will be over a thousand dole-
Kates in attendance, representing every
state and territory in the union.
According to the call among the sub
i< ets to be discussed are the questions of
leaning public lands for stock raising,
grazing in forest reserves in the West,
the taking of a complete census of Hve
stock next year, the work of gathering
vital statistics relating to live stock of
commerce by the association, rratters re
lating to transport ition of live stock by
railroads and subjects of v. kindred na
ture.
Low rat^s have been made on all r ;i!
roads foi this meeting, a;:<l it is expected
tc be the most important gathering of
stockmen ever held in the c> untry. Many
matters of importance to the Industrj
will be discuss ad and passed upon by the
conv< n-tlcn.
FLEECED AT POKER.
Wealthy l'uerto Klean Lo**es a >eal
Sum at Cards.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 26.—There is
much interest in the arrest of a wealth}
Mexican here, charged by a visiting .friend
with having cheated him at a game oi
poker out of $4,500. The accuser is a g n
tic-man recently arrived from Puerto Rico,
where he had made a fortune. He alsc
claims to have discovered that about
$50,000 had been won from resident Amer
icans.
The games employed were roulette and
poker, and it is charged the roulettt
wheel was controlled by an electric de-
W^rWu Itattl (ftobe
vice, while the poker game was v/orked
by n card sharp. It is also charged that
there is an extensive system of card
sharping carried on here, and confed
erates have won millions of dollars from
men who have patronized their game.
The matter will be thoroughly investigat
ed by the authorities.
Protest is made by resident Americana
regarding the tramp nuisance. Many ro
bust American tramp 3 are here, often
dressed like common people, begging their
way, even of the poorest class of Mexican
people. One journal advocates the es
tablishment of a whipping post for these
healthy vagabonds, and it would receive
the hearty approbation of self-respecting
foreign residents.
A curious report gained credence here
yesterday that Aguinaldo had arrived in
Mexico.
Mme. Bazalne is seriously ill at a hos
pital in the suburbs of this city. Sho wag
the wife of the famous Marshal Bazaine,
of France, and is the daughter of one of
the most aristocratic Mexican families —
renowned for her beauty.
WEARIES THE JURORS.
Handwriting Experts' Testimony In
the Mollnenx Case.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Hand writ ing ex
perts again occupied the attention of
Recorder Goff and the jury in the trial
of Roland B. Molineux for the poisoning
of Mrs. Katherine J. Adams, nearly one
year ago.
The first witness for the state called to
day was Henry L, Tolman, the handwrit
ing expert from Chicago, who was on the
stand at the close of last Friday's ses
sion. For half an hour he talked of hand
writing technicalities, and then went to
the blackboard for the purpose of illus
trating what he called a "blind leap," a
characteristic which he, claimed was
found In all the defendant's handwriting,
admitted as well as disguised.
Recorder Goff finally grew impatient at
the long drawn out testimony, and told
District Attorney Osborne that he did not
see the necessity for having the witness
go through all of the exhibits.
Tc this the district attorney assented,
and the evidence of the witness was ac
cordingly out as short as possible.
For almost the lirsi time it was noticed
this morning that the expert testimony
seemed to tire the jurymen. Heretofore
they have been alert and interested, have
even asked questions at times that demon
strated that they had closely followed
the arguments of the handwriting ex
perts, but this morning they gazed list
lessly about the court room, and at times
glanced at the clock.
At noon the direct examination of Mr.
Tolman was finished, and his cross-ex-.
amination was commenced. The cross
examination, though bringing out the fact
that the witness had never before had
occasion to call such prominent atten
tion to the matter of Impulse as in this
case, failed utterly to shake the belief of
the witness that Roland B. Molineux
wrote the address on the poison package.
Daniel T. Ames, of San Francisco, tes
tified that he had been a student of hand
writing for forty years; that he had
testified in the Garfleld-Moroy letter case;
the Fair will case, and the Botkin poison
ing case, in San Francisco—a case like
this, in which poison was sent through
the mails. The witness detailed the meth
ods he had employed in the examination
of the handwriting of the defendant, and
he then entered into an account of the
various methods employed by persons
anxious to disguise their handwriting.
Foreman Martin asked the witness what
prominence he gave to the ijuestion of
| pictorial effect, and In reply the witness
j said that pictorial effect was not the most
' important point to be considered. Pic
torial effect, he said, lies largely in the
slant, and he claimed that the slant did
not materially change the character of a
persons writing..
SAM PHILLIPS ARRESTED.
Former >llim<»xotH Man Get?* in
Tronble in New York.
NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Samuel L. Phil
lips, a publisher, with offices in the St.
! James building-, was held In the poile*
j court yesterday in $1,000 t>ail for exan.-.
■ ination on the charge or violating the
I penal code by opening a letter addressed
; to Caroline Gay, formerly employed as a
stenographer by Phillips. None of the
• details* of the case came out In court.
! Phillips was seen at the Empire hotel.
' He said he discharged the young woman
several weeks ago, and that If any let
ters had come to his place of business
I for her after she had left he was not
1 aware of it. He Intimated that she was
trying to get even for her dismissal.
MAINS DEAD ASHORE.
Large Tkrong Watched the Transfer
Solemnly.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 26—The
Maine's dead were brought ashore at 1:30
' on a lighter and transferred at once to a
' < Chesapeake & Ohio special baggage tram
| waiting to transfer them to . Arlington.
_\ large throng watched the transfer sol
emnly. The train will leave at 10 o'clock
tonight. The coffins on the lighter were
j in two large blocks, completely covered
! with flags, on top of which were wreatb.3
'in profusion. At 10 o'clock an official
I visit was paid the Texas by the mayor,.
I president of the seamen's association,
and representatives of the military from
here during the war.
ARIOSTOTS DEAD.
List aa Furnished l»y Weather tin
renn Officials at Hntteraa.
f'APE HENRY. Va., Dec. 26.—Following
is a list of the men lost by the swamp
ing of the Ariosto's boats in the surf near
Ocracoke, N. C, furnished by S. L,.
Dosher, United Stales weather bureau
official, Hatteras:
John Kemp, chief officer; W. L.
Infort, second officer; J. W. Scott, sec
ond engineer; E. Roberts, third engineer;
j J. W. Willcox. fourth engineer; Kyellin,
: donkeyman; Honnsche, chief steward;
; Neumann, second steward: Meninjjer,
<-ook; Seiger, mess room boy; Collin,
Horvik, Law, sailors and firemen;
Gisbainsen, Henrichsen, Gustasen, Han
sen, Michael, Libaen, Kammerlund, Os
t#rman. _
BITTEN BY A CAT.
Pennsylvania Farmer Dies In Ag;
--onl«-s of Hydrophobia.
LANCASTER, Pa., Dec. 26— Abram J.
Le Fevre, a farmer of Greenland, aged
forty-five years, died this morning from
hydrophobia. He was bitten on the. hand
by a cat about four months ago. but did
not feel any ill-effects from the wound
until Saturday, when his arm became
stiff. By Sunday he was violently ill, and
it became necessary to keep •him under
the Influence of opiates.
DIED OF_ BURNS.
Little Girl Whose lire** CaugUt Fire
From Christmas Tree Candles.
GREEN HAY, Wis.. Dec. 26.—Australia,
the three-year-old daughter of C. A.
Dries*, died this morning from the effect
of bums. She was playing around a
Christmas tree yesterday at the home of
her grandfather, J. 11. Comstock, man
ager of the Diamond Match plant, when
her dress caught fire.
m
Sabbath Protective League Protests.
BOSTON, Dec. 26.—The" New England
Sabbath Protective league has sent a pro
test, through Its president, Senator George
F. Hoar, to the postmaster general
against the recommendation that the
eight-hour law should be changed so that
the postofflce employes may be worked
on Sunday up to the eight-hour limit.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1899.
CAUSE OF PANICS
FINANCIAL AITHOHITY SAYS THEY
ARK NOT DIE TO LEGITIMATE]
BUSINESS DEALS
CAN BE TRICED TO MARCUS
ME\ WHO CRY LOIDEST ABOUT
THEIR LOSSES HAD NOTHING
TO LOSE ORIGINALLY
HAD BORROWED TO BUY
When Their Margin* Were Wiped
Ont They Claimed That Some
thing; Was VVron« In Financial
Situation—Over-Sneeulnt ion Eu
danKerN All Branches of BnaineM
World-Wide Panic of 1857 Cited.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 26.—Mr. Roberts,
the director of the mint, was asked today
as to whether the present monetary strin
gency, In his opinion, signified an actual
scarcity of money to meet the present re
quirements of trade. He said:
"No possible supply of money can pre
vent stock exchange panics or periods of
monetary stringency, because speculation
and rising prices will absorb any possible
increase until the pressure for ready cash
ends. .The cry for more money ta as un
appeasable r.s the demand for more
wealth. A new supply, instead of satis
fying the demand, stimulates it. Men
want money to buy things with—good
things T.hat they think are going- higher,
(iiven easier money in the banks and we
have bankers encouraging borrowers. As
a iesult, .stocks go up, and as they go up
more people want to buy, and so the de
mand for money increases. You cant
furnish money fast enough to meet the
demand of all who would like to borrow
while prices are going up, >ior could all
the gold and silver mines in the world to
gether keep prices going up forever.
WORKDAY IDE SMASH.
"A marvefous era of increasing money
stocks began in 1850, a.nd started a period
of speculation which en-led with a grand
world-wide smash in 1837, when even the
Bank of England had to suspend pay
ment, without any decline in production,
and with the mints everywhere open to
both gold and silver. The real secret of
these reactions is in speculation on mar
gins. These people, who are crying that
they have been forced to throw away
their property, had never paid for their
holdings. They borrowed money on call
to make small payments, hoping that a
right turn in the market-would give large
profits. But in that class of operations
tceses come as easily as profits. That is
one of the coiidiiimis of the game. When
they have profits they call it property,
but when they have losses they think
the country has come to a standstill and
want to know who is to blame. Nothing
has happened, except that they have been
asked to pay what they owe. It is im
possible to do away with such speculation
by any increase in the money supply.
If a stock selling at $100 per share has
an advance of $10, the investor.Who owns
it outright, makes 10 per cent, while the
speculator, who has only a s margin of
$10, makes 100 per cent. That is the secret
of marginal trading.
NOT LEGITIMATE BUSINESS.
"In short, it is not legitimate business
that causes the enormous inflation of
credits, multiplies the ba.ik reserves re
quired, and thus absorbs any possible
j money stock. Speculation—greed—will In
i evitably do it, and as it is obviously im
possible to satisfy that appetite*it is ab
surd to point to a tight money market
as a proof of insufficient supply of money.
"Undoubtedly the war in the Transvaal
has had an Influence upon our money
market. Anything that disturbs normal
j conditions, which turns the currents of
business out of the course they have been
expected to follow, will affect business.
With trade balances as they are, our
bankers earJy in the season had reason to
j expect gold imports this fall, and proba
bly directed their business accordingly.
The war has not only cut off a remit
tance of about $2,000,000 per week to Lon
j don from South Africa, but compelled
' heavy shipments the other way. Such a
i reversal of Ihe regular and accepted order
i of things makes money scarce in all cen
j ters, until affairs are readjust id to the
j new condition.
"The world does not depend upon the
Transvaal for its stock of gold. Colorado
! will produce more gold in 1900 than all
| North America yielded five years ago.
J Pnd this continent will yield more next.
year than the whole world did ten years
ago. <'ripple Creek is lp to the record
of the Tranevanl five years ago, and '/tip
ple Creek, with Alaska mid the Klondike,
will next year exceed th^ Transvaal pro
duction of 181*7. The-golden tide, though
checked for the moment, is not going- to
subside."
SCENE OF DESOLATION.
Earthquake Wrecked Every Brick
HullriinK in San Jaciitto.
SAN JACINTO, Cal., Dec. 26.-This lit
tle city is a scene of desolation today.
People are beginning to recover from
the terror inspired by the earthquake
( which centered here on Christmas morn
ing and destroyed every brick building
in the town, and some estimates of the
damage wrought can now be made.
At the Saboba Indian reservation, near
here, a dance had been held the night
before and a large quantity of whisky
, consumed by he Indians, it having put
I them into a drunken stupor before the
shock came. A number or squaws had
. huddled together in a building and were*
steeping off the effects of the liquor. The
heavy walls fell in upon them. Six were
killed outright and two <J!ed later, while
a score more were badly injured. Those
killed were horribly crushed.
Main sfi'e^t presents a sad appearance.
It is Impossible to walk along the side
walks because of the heaps of debris and
overhanging walls. Two-story brick walls
were razed to the level of the ground,
with thousands of dollars* worth of mer
chandise buried underneath. Every bus
! mess has suffered.
Electric wires are down and power
I houses have fallen in. The wails of the
county hospital, erected recently at a
cost of $10,000, are badly damaged.
It is said that rumblings had been
heard for several days about Taquils
; peak, in the San Jacinto range, supposed
to be an extinct volcano. Between San
Jacinto and Hemet geysers of hot fftil
phur water appeared yesterday, and the
fumes were so strong tnat no one can
get near the geysers.
Bath Tnb Combination.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 26.—The consolida
tion of the sanitary enameling interests
of the country, known as the "Bath Tvb n
combination, has just been completed
The new concern will be called the Stand
ard Sanitary Manufacturing company
and will begin business on Jan. 1.
A CHRISTMAS ANTHEM.
Bnt the Accompaniment In v Little Too Lond for the Voice.
—Chicago News.
WILD TIME 111 PARIS
HIGH COURT SCEXE OF SOME EX
CITING DEBATE AM) PROTESTS
OF PRISONERS
PROSECUTOR TALKS PLAINLY
M. Guerin and I rit-mls Object 10
Hia Line of Attack, ami Disorder
Follun'N—C:*r(nin I'risoiieft* Are
Expelled From Ihe Court Until
Their i oiniscl llckluk Armament
for Defense.
PARIS, Dec. 26.—The public prosecutor
this Afternoon began his closing speech
before the high court (senate) in the
conspiracy cases. He reviewed the evi
dence, which, he said, showed that the
conspiracy was mere dangerous "than
when the Comte de Paris so forgot- the
traditions of his family as to join hands
with. Gen. Boulanger."
This evoked noisy protest from the au
dience, and the accused, Jules Guerin,
called upon the presi .'idiit of the court,
M. Fallreres, not to n^'mit the prosecutor I
to indulge in such "insulting remarks," j
but the prosecutor continued, saying that
the same men who conspired ten years
ago had again plotted to overthrow the
republic. The Comte de Paris, he added,
was dead, but the Due d'Orleans pursued
the sanTe system.
The remaiks of the prosecutor were*
soon drowned by the vehement interrup
tions of the prisoners. M. Fallleres, for
a lime, faintly rang his bell to restore
order, and eventually the prosecutor w-as
hoard to declare that he had decided, ow
ing to want of evidence, to abandon the
prosecution of six prisoners, MM. Cheviel
ly, Prenchen-Court, Brunnet, Cailly, Bond
mont and Balliere. lie than recapitulated
th» story of the anti-jrepublican machina
tions of the Due d'Orleans and his agent,
M. Buffet. The latter violently protest
ed, and an uproar ensued, many of the
senators demanding M. Buffet's expul
sion.
Three of the prisoners, MM. Cailly,
LJrunnet and Jules Guerin, then, succes
sively, shouted that if M. Buffet was ex
pelled from the sessions they also want
ed to be expelled. Perfect pandemonium
ensued. Finally the court, in secret ses
sion, decided to expel MM. Buffet and,
Cailly until their counsel's speech for the
defence.
CABINET CHANGES.
They Are Imminent In tlie Dominion
of Canada.
MONTREAL, Dec. 26. -Persistent ru
mors are again current concerning the
retirement of J. J. Tarie, minister of pub
lic works, from the Dominion cabinet.
Jt is said that Mr. "Carte will go to Paris
for medical, treatment, and that S. A.
Parent, minister for'Wuebec and commis
sioner of crown la.nds of this province,
may replace him. It- is reported also that
Sir Henri Joly de Lottbinies, minister
of inland revenues, is to make way for
Raymond Prefontairie, M. P., mayor of
Montreal, and that in turn Sir Henri will
be made speaker of the senate and that
the speaker. Sir C.' A. will be
raised to the bench.
BOUGHT ZI2TC LANDS.
Santa Fe and 'Frlm-o Officials Invest
in Arkunmis.
TOPEKA, Kan , D< c 25.--J. J. Ftye.
general mai.ager of the Santa Fe rail
read, and General Manager Yokum, of
the St. I-cuis & San Francisco railroad,
today purchased over 15,000 acres of zinc
lands near Yellville, Ark. Soon after the
purchase it was announced that the Eu
reka Springs road is to be immediately
extended into the Yell/ill j zinc district.
These two general managers have had
experts In the Arkansas district who
claim that the rector- Around Yellville Is
the richest in *mc hr ti;e world. Yellville
is seventy miles from jWest Plains, AIo.,
the nearest railroad station.
SEVEN INDIAN^ DROWNED.
'They Were AUenijttinß to Crooi a
River In «| Canoe.
ASHCROFT, B. C.,M>ec. 28.—Seven In
ilians, including two women, were
drowned last night, a short distance west
of this place, by the upsetting of a canoe
in which they were attempting to cross
the Thompson river.
RIGHTS OF STRIKERS.
Ohio Judge Rendew «■ I uusniii De
olMlon lit Toledo.
TOLEDO. 0., Dec. 2fij-judge Morris in
common pleas court today rendered an
unusual decision as tc the rights of strik
ing workmen. The members of the Bi
cycle Workers' union struck at the Stand
ard Tube and Forkside works. A tempo
rary injunction was granted restraining
strikers from patrolling the works, and
accosting and intimidating employes who
took their places. This injunction Judge
Morris today dissolved, holding that the
strikers had a perfect rigit to keep pick
ets abou: the works, and to talk to work
rn< n and urge them to come out. He held
that there was no positive evidence of
threats, a>vl that the number of met) em
ployed at the works exceeded the number
of strikers usually kept on picket duty,
so there could be no danger of personal
violence. The case will be appealed.
BENEFIT OF DOUBT.
It Will Re Given Spain in Return of
Philippine PrlHoners.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—At the cabi
net meeting today it was decided to con
strue that portion of the treaty with
Spain regarding the return of Spanish
soldiers and prisoners of war in the most
liberal Way. By the terms of the treaty
the United States agreed to transport all
Spanish soldiers and prisoners of war
serving in the conquered territory of
Spain. Quite a number- of disputed ques
tions have been laised in connection with
tho repatriation of the Spanish soldiers
serving in the Philippines and they have
been the subject of considerable corre
spondence between Gen. Otis and the
Spanish representative at Manila. In the
peace treaty various term's are used—
"Spanish soldiers," "Spanish prisoners,"
"prisoners in the hands of insurgents,"
etc. After discussing the question today,
the cabinet decided to construe the lan
guage of the treaty liberally, indeed, to
stretch it not only to cover all Spanish
prisoners in the. hands of the insurgents
Who are now falling into our hands, but
their families and all Spanish civilian offi
cials and their families. AH* will be
transported to Spain at the expense of
the United States. Secretary Root has
no" information as to how many Spanish
prisoners remain on the islands.
LONDON, Dec. 27.—The Daily Chron
icle, commenting upon the decision of the
United Slates government to transport
the Spanish prisoners from the Philip
pines, says:
"This action of the United States is
characteristically generous towards their
late foe. It can hardly fall to awaken a
responsive echo and to do much to di
minish the bitterness resulting from the
recent war "
BUFFALO'S GENEROUS GRANT.
Property Given Michael J. Burke to
Seenre a Union Station.
BUFFALO, N. V., Dec. ?€.—The com
mon council today approved the proposi
tion to giant the Hamburg canal prop
erty Jn this city to Mi'-hnel T. Burke, in.
consideration of his agreeing to ertct
thereon a union station at a cost of net
loss than $1,500,000, and to all< w such sta
tion to be used for passenger traffic by all
railroad companies > °w or hereafter lun
ning Into '.hh< city without discrimination
and upon fair and equitable terms. The
.site upon which the station is to be buih
is bounded by Main, Washington and
Scott streets, and the lands of the New
Y rork Central rai'road. The station must
be ready for occupation within two years
alter the forma] transfer of the property
takes place. •
CONFESSED HIS CRIME.
Clerk in Chicago Suu»reasnry TooU
!Sr»,OOtt in Gold.
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—Clyde H. Wallace,
a clerk in the I'nited States subtreasury
in this city, was arrested today on the
(•barge of having stolen $",,000 in gold from
the oliice. The >oung man is said to have
made a full confession to the secret
service official?.
The gold, a sack of twenty dollar gold
pieces, was misled Nov. 15. but it was
several weeks before the office could ob
tain a clue to the criminal. Wallace
finally furnished it by wearing fine clothes
and diamonds, and by playing the races
in pool rooms, making all his bets with
twenty dollar gold pieces. Me is In jail in
default of bonds of $10,000.
OMAHA'S LOSS.
St. L.onis Gets General (>(»!«■»* of I'a
eific Expren* Company.
OMAHA, Neb.. Dec. 26— Removals by
officials and clerks of the Pacific Ex
press company's general offices from
Omaha to St. L.ou!s have begun, and will
be completed when another week shall
have rolled around. President Eggleston
has had his office in St. Louis some time.
The officials and heads who will fol
low him are: W. R. Carter, treasurer;
G. P. iJtebbins, traffic manager; J. A.
Brewster, assistant auditor; < "apt. John
Hayward, chief of waybill department;
George C. Metcalf, chief of foreign way
bill department of the auditor's office,
and C. A. lluntoon, purchasing agent.
PANIC IN VENEZUELA.
Bank Refnxrd to Permit an Ofiieial
Inspection.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 26.—The
refusal of the Bank of Venezuela to allow
the official bank examiner, Senor Fabio
Conciol, to inspect the books of the insti
tution, caused a panic in financial circles
yesterday. Today, however, the bank
agreed to the inspection, and the panic
subsided.
The attempt to establish a new Ameri
can bank is generally regarded as abor
tive.
PRICE TWO CENTSH &,£-'-- T9
BULLETIN OP
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul.
Fair; Cold.
I—Attack Upon Saulg.
Uproar In Par Im.
War Status Unchanged.
Cause* of PaniCN.
2—<State Teachers in Se«nlon.
Fatal St. Paul Accident.
15—Mini«c:ii>olis Matters*
Northwest News.
4—Editorial.
Fuueral of Mr. Moody.
s—Sporting IfewM.
New Kentucky » omplicationw.
6—Markets of the World.
Bar Silver, 58 I-2e.
Chicago Dec. Wheat, «5 6-Bc.
Stocks Inactive.
7—News of the Railway*.
New Timber Crolien.
B—ln the Field of Labor.
State Political Gossip.
Trust Seeks St. Paul.
OCEAN LINERS.
NEW YORK—Arrived: Steamer Menom
inee, London. Sailed: Karamania,
Glasgow.
GIBRALTAR—Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm
11., New York for Naples and Genoa.
ANTWERP—Arrived: Steamer Kensing
ton. New York.
AUCKLAND—SaiIed: Steamer Monawa,
San Francisco.
QUEENSTOWN—Arrived: British ship
Dunreggan, from Portland. Sailed:
Dec. 25, French bark, Troude, for Hull.
YOKOHAMA—Arrived prior to Dec. 23:
Japanese steamer Kinshu Maru, from
Seattle.
TODAY IN ST. PAIL.
METROPOLITAN—"Phroso." 2:30 and
8:15 p. m.
GRAND—High class vaudeville, 2:30 and
8:15 p. m.
Palm Garden—Vaudeville, 2 and 8 p. m.
Olympic—Vaudeville, 2:' M and 8:15 p. m.
Minnesota Educational association meets,
general session, Central Presbyterian
church. 9:30 a. m.; county superintend
ents and music section, state capitol,
2 p. m.; high school council and city
superintendents, state capitol, 2 p. m.;
elementary section, Central church, 2
p. m.; college section, Central high
school, room 12, 2p. m .; graded school
section and associated school boards.
Central high school, room 15, 2 p m •
mathematical runnel table. 25 high school'
2:::o; science round table, 27 high school
2:30; Latin round table, 26 high school)
Yale Glee club's concert. People's church
o i). m. '
Reception to Minnesota Educational asso
ciation, Ryan hotel, 8 to 10:30 p m
German song evening, Mozart hall 8
p. m.
Annual banquet, Carleton club Bpm
Entertainment, First German M " E
church, 8 p. m. '
SNOW AND FLOOD.
Great Damage Done and Travel
Practically Blocked.
VICTORIA, B. C, Dec. 26.-The steam
er Tees, which arrived here today, brings
news of a big snow slide.on the White
1 'ass & Yukon road, which has stopped
'all traffic. A train carrying passengers
from the Yukon followed a sr*w plow
and was pushed by two engines. When
the plow cut out the snow on the lower
side of the hill it loosened the mass, and
the snow came down, burying the plow \
and eleines out of sight. The train was '
not touched by the slide. There, were
fifteen feet of snow on the track. Passen- I
geis who. walked from the ..snow-bound !
train report snow live feet deep on the '
level all along the road. The snow-bound !
passengers had to pay fifty cents for a !
cup of coffee. One of the passengers who I
started to walk tO Skag-vay was found
lying in the snow with hie face and hands
badly frozen.
The telegraph operator at Glacier, in
the Rocky mountains, Reports that an im
mense avalanche has swept down the
mountain near there, covering 850 feet of
track and taking down a number of tel
egraph poles, so that the wires are in
terrupted. Trees twelve inches thick were {
observed in the slide, and it ~s not yet
known v hat else may be covered by the
side or what is the condition of thp track.
The slide covers the track to a depth of
from five to twenty feet.
PORT TOWN3END. Wash., Do<c. 26.—
Advices from the north today by the
steamer Rosalie say that a blizzard was
sweeping over Alaska ;n the vicinity of
Skagway, Dec. 12, when the steamer sail-
c-d. A forty-mile gale prevailed. A train
from Bennett with a large number of
Yukopers aboard was snowed in, and a
relief train had been sent from Skagway.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 26.-One of the
most disastrous Moods is raging along thp
Nooksack in "Whatcom county. Five of
j seven bridges nvei the river have been
swept away, four of them being iron.
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STOCKHOLDERS TO SETTLE.
Port Jervli Bank Defalcation Foota
Up $101,087.
MIDDLETOWN, N. V.. Dec. 26.—The
def'alt aliens of Assistant Cashier Louis
]•:. Goldsmith, of the Port Jervis National
bank, which first announced the amount
as $25,000, is now declared by the bank
examiner to be $101,957. The mosey was
taken through draft account and manipu
lation of thr- general ledger. The Wash
ington authorities recommended an as
sessment of the slock to make good the
deficiency and to resume the business of
the bank.
CHEATED THE GALLOWS.
Condemned Negro Jlnrderer Escapes
While Death Watch Sleep*.
NORFOLK. Va., Deo. 26.—Walter Cot
ton, a desperate negro murderer sentenced
to hang Jan. 12. for murder, walked out
of the county jail here at 5 o'clock this
morning despite the presence of J. Saun
ders. the night de:»th watch in the cell,
and escaped. Saunders was aMeep in a
rocking chair.
COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS.
Report of Secretary Shaw* Gratlfy
liik Condition of Finances.
ST. I.OI'IS, Mo., Dec. 26.—At the meet
ing of the Western Commercial Travelers'
association today Secretary 11. C. Tatum
read his annual report) which showed
the association has on hand $66,097.55. Of
this sum $05,000 is in the reserve fund.
During the year there has been paid out
to beneficiaries $131,000, and since the or
ganization $1,251,000.
A proposition to extend the privilege
of membership to all men engaged In
legitimate commercial business and to
traveling salesmen who have been on
the road less than one year was defeated
by a large majority.
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Guardian Trust Reorganization.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 26.— E. L.
Martin, vice president of the Guardian
Trust company, whose headquarters are
in Chicago, will probably resign that posi
tion following similar action taken by
President A. E. Stillwell, his old business
associate. i
HOLDING IN CHECK
GEX. BILLER KEEPS UP A CON
STANT CANNOX FIRE UPON
THE BOER TRBRCHEB
REDUCING THE BliLWlft BRIDGE
POSSIBLE PLAN IS TO CUT OF««
BOERS WHO ARE NOW SOI TIX
OF TUGELA RIVER
GEN. JOUBERT AT FRONT
His Presence Has Cheered Mar-
Weary Follower* of TruiVMl
Cause—Snggrentlon That Great
Britain Seize Lourenzo tbrqaea
Opposed by British Newspaper*—
British ColonistM Under Arms.
LONDON', Dec. 27.—Dispatches from
South Africa are still greatly delayed, but
they are arriving- more freely, which
shows that the censorship has been re
laxed. There appears to be no great
change In the situation. A dispatch
from Lourenzo Marques, dated Thursday,
Dec. 21, gives this information from the
Boer head laager, dated Tuesday, Dec.
19:
"The British naval guns at Colenso have
been cannonading Bulwer bridge, o\er the
Tugela river, %vith a view of smashing
It. m
"The bombardment at Ladysmith is pro
ceeding slowly. Gen. Joubert ha.s arriv< d
here and been accorded a hearty welcome.
He joined the burghers on Dec. 18.
"More British prisoners have been sent
to Pretoria, including Col. Bull-r. Maj.
Walters, Maj. Bailwark, Maj. Foster,
Capt. Dick, Capt. Norton, Cant. Fitzher.
Bert, Capt. Ford, Capt. Hutchinson,
Lieut. Bonham, Lieut. Smythers, Lic-ut.
Thousne, Lieut. O'Conneyghy, Lieut.
Kunbald, Lieut. Christian, Lieut. Brigg,
Lieut. Bisch, Lieut. Halford, Lieut. Tar
bull and Lieut. Jones."
A dispatch to the Daily New- from
Ladysmith, dated Friday. Dec. 15, by he
liograph, says:
"Another sortie last night. Gen. Hun
ter, with 500 volunteers, destroyed one
six-inch Creusot gun. one howitzer and
one Maxim. One Bri on killed. The 80,-r
gunners fled."
There is an Mea in some quarters here
that Gen. Duller'a destruction of the Bul
■war bridge heralds an attempt to cut off
the Boers now south of the river, but the
general opinion is that the British will
not make any serious movement pending
the arrival of Lord Roberts.
MISMANAGEMENT CONDEMNED.
The newspapers continue actively dis
cussing the management, or rather mis
management, of the campaign. The inci
dent of horse sickness throws Increased
attention upon the question of transports
and the want of wagons, which may tie
the British forces to the railways. The
Daily Chronicle says:
"Plenty of wagons could be obtained
from the United Suites, but the govern
ment, with very Indiscreet patriotism,
have refused to avail themselves of the
opportunity. It would have been better if
the authorities had followed Lord Kitch
ener's example at Atb>arn bridge. Will
they even now apply to the American
tories?"
The Times editorially attacks the ad
ministration of the war office, railing at
tention to correspondence dtecli
"glaring facts" and declaring that the
British army is "beins managed for the
benefit of the war offl,-e. and not for the
nation."
Dispatches from Cape Colony indicate
the steady growth of the Dutch disaffec
tion. The Cape Town correspondent of
the Daily Chronicle describes the discov
ery of a plot to connive at the escape of
Boer prisoners. The Times recorru-u-ntls
strict restraint over the disaffected Dutch
colonists, and the enforcement of severe
penalties.
The Sixteenth lancers will go to South
Africa from India at tae ?pecial request
of Lord Roberts, even after the govern
ment had decided that no more troops
should be withdrawn from India.
The war office has nominated Sir Will
lam Stokes consulting surgeon to the
South African forces. He will leave Dub
lin for the Capo in a few days.
TO CUT OFF BOER SUPPLIES.
Lord Somerset writes to the Times urg
ing the seizing of Lourenzo Marques and
it? retention, if possible, until the end
of the war, in order to prevent the land
ing of war materials for the Hiktp.
The transport Tantellon Cas:le has ar
rived at Cape Town with a number <>f
howitzers and quickiirers, which Gen.
Buller urgently needs. The governnn nt
has chartered the Lake Erie, of the New,
Elder, Dumfoster & Co. line, which was
built for South African mail service. She
is a vessel of 12,^Xl tons.
The recruiting of British colonists iv
Cape Colony is actively proceeding. Thi#
ty thousand are already under arms, and
several thousand more will be added.
Dispatches from Modder river, dated
Thursday, Dec. 21, report that intermlt
ent firing was continuing on both sides,
although the Boer shells fell short. A
number of Free State burghers had sur
rendered.
There is an unconfirmed report that a
Canadian picket was cut off near Bel
mont. It is also asserted that fever is
raging among- the Boers.
The tests of wireless telegraphy nt Mod
der River have been highly successful,
communication over :i distance of sev
entj miles betng perfectly established,
Six Marconi ins-rurnents. intended tor the
Boers, have been seized at Cape Town. A
dispatch from Chlevoley camp, dated
Thursday, Doc. 21. says:
"Lyddite shells are daily thrown into
the Boer camp t>> prevent them working
1 at the trenches. The firing of big suns is
' heard daily from the direction o Lady
smith."
Commandant Demelllon, who was cap
tured at Elandslaugte and brought to
Simon's Town, where he succ< eded in
making his escape from the British
cruteer Penelope, has-beon recaptured.
The Times, in a special article discuss
ing the international law in relation to
Boer supplies from Delagoa Bay, i-ays:
"Were we to adopt, either with or with
out the consent of Portugal, the drastic
measures which are so easily suggested
In pome quarters, we might find ourselves
suddenly confronted with international
complications far more serious and in
jurious to the successful termination of
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